6 Rings Entertainment brings us the new mixtape from Chicago’s Number 1, which was produced entirely by Vans Beats. Don’t be a number 2, download it now. Hit the jump for his new video for “White Boy Wasted”
Author: Andrew Barber
Video: GemStones – Deeds [Preview]
It’s hard to believe that it was all the way back in August when Stones dropped his On The Road To Glory: My Story mixtape. 7 months is a long time, and might as well be 7 years in internets time. I was hoping he’d have more visuals and promo for it, but the project kind of…
Video: Lupe Fiasco & Sister Explain Lupe Fiasco Foundation
Last night at the House of Blues Foundation Room in Chicago, Lupe Fiasco hosted a launch party for his charitable organization, the Lupe Fiasco Foundation. After doing a full day of press (Chicago Tribune, WGN), in stores (FYE) and radio (Power, B96 and WGCI), a visibly exhausted Lupe still made time to drop by…
Mixtape: Kenlo Key – The Sleeping Giant
They always say “don’t wake the sleeping Giant”, but it appears Kenlo Key is wide awake and alert as ever on his new project, The Sleeping Giant. Tha IntaVention’s Kenlo Key is ready to release his new mixtape The Sleeping Giant. The mixtape consists of industry and original beats handled by Bigg Unit, JTempo, PLA…
Taste of Chicago Showcase – Austin, TX – March 19th
Fake Shore Drive + Go Ill Radio + Enstrumental + PHLI + Sir & Madame + Leaders + Hustle Simmons + Elephilms bring you the first ever Chicago showcase during SXSW week, by taking the Taste of Chicago down to Austin, TX. We won’t have booths of food, but we will have booths of clothes from…
Video: Skooda Chose & Chet Haze In The Studio
You can file this one under “I never saw it coming”. Here we have The Chosen One hard at work in the studio with none other than Tom Hanks’ son, Chet Haze. Chet is currently a student at Northwestern University and is slowly integrating himself into Chicago’s hip hop scene. Definitely an interseting collabo. And it…
Video: Nicholaus Kane- PassionFruit
Directed by Fly Kite Media Some of you might know him as Novakane, or perhaps the guy from Ivy League, others may simply refer to him as KAAANE. Either way it’s doesn’t matter, because we’re now calling him Nicholaus Kane. Not to be confused with Nicolas Cage, or Johnny Cage. What? Okay, I’m lost. Here’s…
Video: Dawreck – Underground
One of Chicago’s underground kings drops off his latest video. This joint goes beneath the surface.
Lupe’s Lasers To Move Between 220k-240k Copies?
Now, these numbers aren’t official, and Hits Daily Double is usually off by a few thousand, but it appears Drewstadamus was correct in predicting that Lupe’s Lasers would be his biggest album yet, despite the drama surrounding it. Beautiful Lasers indeed. The Chicago-born rapper arrives with his third Atlantic Records studio album, Lasers, which will…
J-LP – Flying To The Top x Whatchu Talkin’ Bout
Here we have two new joints off J-LP’s upcoming mixtape the Louis Vuitton Chronicles. The first official single drops next week, and it’s a collabo with the recently embattled Young Buck entitled “Hoodie”. There’s also a video in the works for “Hoodie”, so check back for that one to land soon. J was recently added…